where's the hurry?

last night while driving back from work i saw this traffic signal... the light was green... and i was a good hundred metres away from the "stop" line... the timer said 3 sec i accelerated(was already at 80kmph)... and right then a millisecond later i stopped accelerating... i was reminded of this other time i was going down the same road (albeit in the other direction and at the next traffic signal from this one) i was in the navigator's seat and one of my friends was driving... and we were in the same situation(3sec and 100mts) and i asked him to accelerate.. he didn't and instead asked me but why? i didn't have an answer for him... i really didn't!! not accelerating just meant another minute and a half at the signal and that is it... and it wasn't even as if we were getting late or going somewhere special or anything... just thought of spending time together and the car was as good a place as any......but it is just a tendency i have which makes me accelerate when near a traffic signal...
In fact on second thougths i do drive fast... not 80KMPH or anything... but average between 45-60 and on traffic less roads 65-100 and its not that i am always in a hurry or anything... no i am not... its not that i have to be in office by a certain time and always leave later than acceptable... i just drive at that speed... i do.... but that day i didn't have a valid answer for his question.....

i don't know where is the hurry most of the time.... why are we humans, as a race, as restless as we are... where do we want to reach.... haven't we been told enough times it's not about the destination but about the journey... don't we know it ourselves also.... don't we know that in reality there is no destination... only the journey... but still we over speed.... i even tend to get restless when someone is typing slow... i sometimes take the keyboard and start typing myself... may be to save time so that i can do a little bit more of nothing... may be to save time so that later i have more of it to kill.... "save time" doesn't even sound right... i mean i can save money it will remain... i can save trees they will grow... i can save the girl child... she will live... but save time... how can i ... time will pass... it knows nothing else but to pass..... i can never save enough of it.... on my deathbed i can't say i saved time all my life so i still have 5 more years.... no... it doesn't happen like that... time passes... so where's the hurry?????

P.S:

" After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say I want to see the manager. " - William Burroughs